Mental Health Roundup This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! This week’s wrap-up has 5 main themes: Healthcare/Advocacy Cultural Sensitivity Technology Therapy/Relationships Career/Private Practice/NonProfit As a reminder, NASW’s Virtual Career Fair is coming up on Feb 9, 2016! [Need online job fair tips? See this post!] Healthcare/Advocacy Affordable. Health. Care – Jean Raffa […]
Best in Mental Health (12/21/15 – 1/17/16)
Mental Health Roundup This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! Unlike normal roundups, this one covers the last four weeks. It’s been a busy end/beginning of the year. I’m hoping it’s been a good one for all of you 🙂 JobSeekers: NASW’s Virtual Career Fair is coming up […]
My Three Words for 2016: Nourish, Simplify and Charge!
Self-Care for the Soul: Nourish, Simplify and Charge! Happy New Year! What are some of your personal or professional goals for this coming new year? One idea that you may find helpful in achieving your plans is to select three words that capture the essence of those objectives. It was Chris Brogan who started this idea several years ago. […]
15 Favorite Reader Comments from 2015
Every year, I like to go through all the wonderful comments you have made on SocialWork.Career and highlight the ones that I thought you would enjoy the most because of how much they contributed to the overall post and blog for the year. Thank you so much for reading, sharing and adding so much valuable content to this site with […]
Best in Mental Health (11/23/15 – 12/20/15)
Mental Health Roundup This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! Note that there is a second NASW Virtual Career Fair coming up on Feb 9, 2016! This week’s wrap-up has 5 main themes: Healthcare/Sensitivity Advocacy/Policy Therapy/Relationships Technology and Mental Health Career/NonProfit Healthcare/Sensitivity Antidepressant usage linked to bipolar and mania – […]
Thank You Letters: How and Why to Write Them
How to Write a Professional Thank You Letter Would you like to write a professional thank you letter, but have no idea where to begin? This post will provide with some helpful tips and templates on how to express your appreciation to someone who has just helped you out, be it for networking, a letter […]
Website Trustworthiness: How Can You Tell?
Website Trustworthiness: What Everyone Needs to Know Have you (or your) clients been assuming that the majority of the information that you find on the internet is of good quality? Regretfully, we cannot… Aside from the fact that what we see is influenced by the filter bubble, there are many urban legends, sites with misinformation, inaccuracies, biases, hoaxes […]
Best in Mental Health (11/9/2015 – 11/22/2015)
Mental Health Roundup This contains some of the latest news in social work, healthcare, private practice and more! This week’s wrap-up has 4 main themes: Therapy/The Importance of Relationships Healthcare/Mental Health and Technology Advocacy/Cultural Sensitivity Career/NonProfit Therapy/The Importance of Relationships Challenging The Stereotype Of The Paralyzed Trauma Victim – Review of Jim Rendon’s “Upside” – “Many […]
Personal Learning Network Twitter Cheat Sheet
Personal Learning Networks: Why (& How) to Use Twitter Have you heard about twitter but are concerned that it is too hard to figure out, or may have no relevance to you? Would you like to know how you may use twitter to help you learn about different topics and/or advance in your career? This post will provide you with the […]
Best in Mental Health (10/19/2015 – 11/8/2015)
Below is a round-up of some of the latest news in mental health (and more)! This week’s wrap-up has 4 main themes: Advocacy Behavioral Health Therapy/Relationships Career/Private Practice Advocacy 15 Things I’ve learned While Working For Social Justice – Relando Thompkins shares 15 links to 15 things he has learned, including: there is no hierarchy of oppression, sometimes we are […]
